Program Map

Acting: Advanced - Certificate of Achievement

Award Type: Certificate of Achievement
Effective Date: Fall 2021
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Arts and Design

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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Description:
Completing the Advanced Acting certificate will help give you the skills, knowledge and confidence to pursue acting professionally, or to continue study at a four year school or further intensive training. Courses cover all areas an actor needs in order to develop a high level of skills - analysis, history, scene study, movement, voice, and how to audition for plays, movies and commercials. You will have multiple opportunities to perform in plays as well, which is the best way to develop control and consistency as an actor. Getting the Advanced Acting Certificate is the equivalent to getting the AA in Acting, without the General Education courses. If you complete this certificate, as well as all of the General Education courses you will have almost everything needed for an AAT and/or an AA.
What can I do with this Major?
Studying theater can lead to a large variety of jobs and careers, such as: 1) acting in plays, 2) acting in television and film, 3) being a voiceover actor, 3) casting director, 4) talent agent, 5) director. The common transfer degree is a BA or BFA in Theatre Arts.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
9 units
THTR 1
Introduction to Acting (Active)
3.0
THTR 10
Introduction to Theater Arts (Active)
3.0
List A course
 
3.0
Select one course (3 units)
Semester 2
 
4 units
THTR 2A
Intermediate Acting (Active)
3.0
THTR 18
Bay Area Theater (Historical)
1.0
Semester 3
 
12 units
THTR 7
Voice for the Actor (Historical)
3.0
THTR 8A
Audition Technique and the Business of Acting (Active)
3.0
THTR 17
Script Analysis (Active)
3.0
List B course
 
3.0
Select one course (3 units)
Semester 4
 
6 units
THTR 6A
Movement for the Actor (Active)
3.0
BUS 43
Personal Financial Planning (Historical)1
3.0
1Strongly recommended course, not required. Theater artists are typically independent contractors and will be helped by having an understanding of business and handling finances.
List A
 

Choose 3 units from the list below:

15 units
THTR 5A
Introduction to Theater for Young Audiences (Active)
3.0
THTR 30A
Introduction to Emerging Work (Active)
3.0
THTR 38A
Holiday Play (Active)
3.0
THTR 47A
Introduction to College Theater Acting (Active)
3.0
THTR 61A
Social Issues Theater (Historical)
3.0
List B
 

Choose 3 units from the list below:

THTR 2B
Advanced Acting (Active)
THTR 3
Improvisation for the Theater (Active)
THTR 4A
Introduction to Acting on Camera (Active)
THTR 6B
Advanced Movement for the Actor (Active)
THTR 8B
Advanced Audition Technique and the Business of Acting (Active)
THTR 32A
Theater Workshop Writing and Directing: Introduction (Historical)
THTR 32B
Theater Workshop Writing and Directing: Beginning (Active)
THTR 32C
Theater Workshop Writing and Directing: Intermediate (Historical)
Total Units: 31.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.